Jean-Baptiste Guiton Shoots Make-Up
We get lots of portrait shoot videos around here, but not so much with the high-end product shots. And this one is a real treat, as it shows the full process for creating the cosmetics ad for T. LeClerc shown at left.It is a composite shot, with each portion being shot on a 35mm-format Canon DSLR. Even if the ad runs as a huge poster, that "pieced-together" process gives you insane overall resolution.
Hit the jump for a fast-paced three minutes showing what it takes to reel in those dollars (and Euros) from women who want to look beautiful.
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Paris-based Jean-Baptiste Guiton (pictured below) spent ten years in Chicago before moving back to his native France. His company, Studio 29, will be celebrating its tenth anniversary in January.
I loved this. And honestly, I do not know why more shooters are not doing videos like this to augment their marketing to future clients.What, is there not enough room in the budget for YouTube?
Just as much as the technical stuff, I enjoyed watching the whole crew on this. John-Baptiste (seen at left) and the others clearly enjoy what they do. And that counts for a lot.
If ur not having fun, ur doin it wrong.
You can see more of Jean-Baptiste's work at www.guiton.net, including more makeup still life work for T. LeClerc. And speaking of T. LeClerc, they are running a big version of this shot here.
(Thanks for posting this, J-B!)
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29 Comments:
Yay! Loved it. :-)
More product stuff would be great, if you ever come across it.
In the meantime, thanks for this!
Cheers, Nionyn
Absolutely loved it. I need to branch out and do more innovative fun stuff like that for my port, I would love to book jobs like that.
so true! I just finished a commercial project and thought a video would be a great way to show the process. check it out!
http://vimeo.com/2379150
have fun in London!
Great video, I learned a lot from watching them work. It is a great insight into high end product shots.
It's pretty amazing what some of these commercial photogs do to come up to solve problems. Look at his other video, as well!
Very cool session! Thay had lots of fun and mess!
David - In answer to your thoughts of "I do not know why more shooters are not doing videos...": In the spirit of sharing what I do, I have just got around to setting up a YouTube account, with a direct links to/from my blog so that people can read the 'how to' background info. Just short time-lapse vids so far, and I try to film as many shoots as possible, when feasible. There are currently another 2 or 3 in the pipeline.
In true Strobist style, I like to keep things really simple - the results are pleasing and client is always happy. I think it's true to say that some of them almost prefer and appreciate more the 'low key' production ethic; it's somehow more honest to them when the results speak for themselves without incurring a huge budget.
Anyway, just thought this might be of interest to you/fellow readers. My YouTube channel is here and my blog is here
Hope this helps folks.
What a wonderful video! And as you say, it's great to see lots of smiles all round. If only all of our day-jobs could be this much fun.
Great and funny video, lots of improvisation going on, nice to see real work with real fun!
Regards
Hey that was a great video. It's really good to see these set ups don't need to be complicated with a little imagination.
Looks like they had a lot of fun doing this too :-)
This was great. Yes, we really need more non-portrait videos (and I shoot mostly portrait/fashion). Since its different from what I usually shoot, it was so helpful and informative. Plus it inspires me to try different things... so now I just need a DIY for exploding compacts (they don't seem to carry those at Sephora).
It's really great to see how others shoot products.
Thanks!
Hey, absolutely nice!
This gave me a lot of inspiration.
Great work!
A mirror for a white background? Is that what he is using?
Debbi
Off topic, but did I miss the announcement of a new small strobe book by Joe McNally? Coming Feb 2009...
The Hot Shoe Diaries.....
see Amazon.com
FYI, to a the people who have had comments on this post which were not moderated into publication. Suggest reading the comments TOS for explanation, and better venue to address your particular issues.
Best,
DH
Yes I do agree with most posters above that this kind of product "technical" videos are really nice to see.
It should be noted that the strobe used are Broncolors and as far as I could see the Grafit 4 that has an adjustable flash duration from 1/80s-1/6000s that makes this shooting of movement that really elevates this kind of shoots from the normal "content in a box" shoots.
The sharpness of liquids and powder are impossible to get without a very short flash duration.
I have shoot liquids myself and not having the budgets for Brons i have noticed the fundamental difference in result compared with high speed flash syncs of speedlites and similar to a really fast flash duration.
Karl
What was the purpose of the blowup pool? Contain the "mess" or is there a shiny side for lighting purposes?
I took note of the gloves handling the product to keep finger prints off them. Nice touch.
Was the white background either poster board or paper depending on the scale of the shot?
Thanks. I enjoyed this.
Awesome :) I love how everything was planned and executed :D, also love how much detail was put into getting the right shots and the ingenuity to get the effects they wanted with simple solutions -spoon catapult, air-pumping the cosmetic powder, etc-
And I truly drooled looking at the Broncolor gear :)
Eduar
GREEEEAT! We are trying to get to that level with our clients but we can use all inspiration we can get! Keep up the great work!
Wilhelm
I like it! Great video!
Hya! Did you know about this one? http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Shoe-Diaries-Creative-Applications/dp/0321580141/ref=pd_sim_b_3.
Cuki (your passive RO@UK reader)
fantastic loved the franglais descriptions...dont know why but the whole thing had a particularly european vibe
Great video I loved learning how they made the final image!!!
Really enjoyed that. Thanks for sharing!
Cool stuff & thanks for sharing. Was there image interpolation for blowing up the photos for poster size? Cheers!
Very cool video, JJBG. Thanks for sharing, David. I would love to see more product photography features. Keep up the great work.
Thank you I really enjoyed the video. Makes me want to do some.
I have another making of video on my youtube page. This time it's for a French company called Auriege.
http://www.youtube.com/user/mozparis
hope you guys like it as well
thanks for looking
jb
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